What it does

If you are looking for a way of making your photos more entertaining or feel that certain photos can’t stand alone without a caption, Kyolo can help you spice them up. Using Kyolo is simple, just go to kyolo.com, upload a picture and then add the text that you’d like displayed. Your photos can be viewed by your friends on kyolo.com and you can also insert them into blogs, webpages, and forums. If you are interested in seeing what others have uploaded, just go to Kyolo.com and browse through the catalogue which has some rather comical entries. So if you are looking for the easiest way to put bubbles on your pictures and don’t require any other bells and whistles, Kyolo is worth a look.

In their own words

“Kyolo is the easiest way to create speech bubbles on photos. Upload photos, bubble'em and share with your friends!”

Why it might be a killer

Uploading and adding text to photos is very easy with no instructions required. There aren’t many options for customizing the bubbles which makes this the most straightforward bubble text site around.

Some questions

At present, it would appear that you can’t download your work and upload it to a social network photo album. Adding this functionality would greatly increase the chances of viral growth. Also, the bubbles are not customizable and the question arises as to whether they have plans on introducing additional bubble styles like light bulbs, lighting, etc..

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Dating is not easy theses days and there seems to be hundreds of dating networks online how do you know which one will work for you? Usually the best first dates are low key in an environment where each person feels comfortable and is able to speak without distractions or loud, overbearing music. CoffeeDate helps its users have a relaxing first date in a safe environment. Can you think of a safer place than a coffee shop? At CoffeeDate.com users create a profile. Users must submit postal information so that they can meet other users in their area. Users can then search for other users and begin to chat and eventually meet for coffee at their local café. CoffeeDate takes their users’ privacy very seriously. There is an instant messaging function on the site so that users can communicate and set up dates. Each user’s email address is not displayed when they message each other. The user’s email address and password is also kept private from those who run the site. Users can also block other users who they don’t want to receive messages from. CoffeeDate.com provides a safe and fun way to meet people.

In their own words

"We believe going for a coffee is a great way to meet somebody new. Just meet up at lunchtime, early evening or weekends and see if you get on over a cappuccino, latte or tea! Coffee Date allows you to view profiles of people in your area and make contact. It will even suggest good coffee houses that are near to the both of you.

killa: CoffeeDate.com has a simple but bold interface design. It is great that the site features a testimonial section. The testimonial section does a great job at promoting the service. CoffeeDate is very considerate of its users’ privacy which is a plus and it also makes the service as simple as possible by keeping all instructions brief and to the point. It is nice that CoffeeDate.com includes a section for coffee shop owners so they can get involved."

Why it might be a killer

CoffeeDate.com has a simple but bold interface design. It is great that the site features a testimonial section. The testimonial section does a great job at promoting the service. CoffeeDate is very considerate of its users’ privacy which is a plus and it also makes the service as simple as possible by keeping all instructions brief and to the point. It is nice that CoffeeDate.com includes a section for coffee shop owners so they can get involved.

Some questions

There are so many dating networks, How will CoffeeDate.com deal with the overwhelming competition? CoffeeDate.com should feature a different coffee shop every week on its homepage.

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Plenty Car is a new vertical search engine for car news, new car reviews, dealer locations, and other information on the automotive industry, which is based on the Google COOP Custom Search Engine Technology, Google Base and Google Maps. Also, Plenty Car is a collaborative and filtering automotive news site and automotive social network. Plenty Car provides different Custom Search Engines for various auto-related sources, including helpful web sites, blogs, reviews, and official sites of various auto dealers and manufacturers. Be assured that these sources include only reliable sites with a solid reputation. In addition, Plenty Car features both auto credit and auto insurance categories in order to help you make a right choice in crediting or insuring your vehicle. Check out the search refinements used in each search engine designed to help you narrow down your results. Also, note that you can contribute your own news, as well as vote for the news of other users.

In their own words

“Our website will attract many visitors of different kind. It tells about cars and everything connected to them. Right now in U.S. almost every adult person owns a car and deals with everything connected to it: loans, insurance, maintenance, etc.”

Why it might be a killer

Plenty Car website will be interesting for those who are not only ordinary car owners, but car fans crazy about new releases, car debuts and auto shows all over the world. New articles about auto news are posted on the website every day. More than that the website is a vertical search engine for car news, reviews, dealer locations which is based on the Google COOP Custom Search Engine Technology, Google Base and Google Maps, this means you can find the auto news not only from this website, but all over the World Web.

Some questions

Will this site continue adding new features to differentiate from competitors?

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TwitterMeThis is a Twitter marketing experiment proposed by Jim Kukral a blogger who writes about online marketing, blogs, tech, and making money online. The premise is pretty simple. Each day Kukral will post a question on Twitter, whoever answers it first gets five bucks via Paypal. Kukral wants to find out how many followers he can get without any marketing budget. So far, he’s managed to get about 300 followers in the space of two weeks. Basically, Kukral has found a potentially successful means for harnessing Twitter for marketing and community building. Marketers could push across information through interaction; and Twitter easily facilitates buzz, thus giving viral marketers an easy target. So far, Krukal isn’t planning to do anything with his experiment, but it will be interesting to see just where it leads.

In their own words

“1. Follow Twitter.com/Twittermethis

2. Every so often, at a random time, we'll ask a random question via Twitter. (Example: Twittermethis: When was Google launched?)

3. Be the first to respond to @twittermethis with the correct answer and you win $5.00, *paid immediately via PayPal (must have valid PP addy).

That's it. What, you don't like free money?”

Why it might be a killer

This could potentially be huge for marketers. This pushing of information is what Twitter is especially good at. Plus Krukal’s experiment adds in that layer of interaction which gets users involved, pumped as it were. They begin to feel an affiliation, they enjoy the questions (an the money). Adverts could easily be implemented.

Some questions

Is using Twitter as a marketing platform such a good idea? Will Twitter users find it devious?

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Welcome to Taggylicio.us, a delightful tag cloud artfully arranged in baby blue and white, topped with an assortment of tasty little tags. Tags at Taggylicio.us come in the shape of a word, small or big, and range from every topic you can imagine. If you’re feeling frisky, take a dive into the cloud and discover something new Or perhaps, you’ve got a specific topic in mind—baby fashion, ice cream, ponies, politics, or what have you—simply type in a tag in the search bar and, voila, Tagglicio.us will take you there with the most up to date results. Search results are displayed in three columns with photo results from flickr andphotbucket, videos from YouTube and dailymotion, stories from Digg,, Reddit, and tags from Delicious. Think of it as the ultimate tag aggregator.

In their own words

“Just type a tag, taggylicio.us will show you what is currently posted (pictures, videos, posts) :”

Why it might be a killer

Taggylicio.us is certainly easy on the eyes and a breeze to use. It’s even relaxing and a great way to spend the afternoon surfing the internet. It brings results from all media including images, video and text and results are current.

Some questions

Will Taggylicio.us catch on? Will they provide more search results? Will users be happy with the results?

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Agree2 grasps an interesting and potentially provocative concept: user created legally binding contracts. We’ve all had to sign that hard-to-understand, possibly written in another language, scary-looking contract. These contracts are the kind we’re too afraid to quarrel with because we fear lawyers and legal repercussions, such as the ubiquitous lawsuit or a visit from the IRS or some such monstrosity. Agree2 wants to simplify the contract, take it out the hands (or sometimes claws) of lawyers, and put them back where they belong—between you and your partners. There’s no need to have agreements that are indecipherable. With Agree2, you can create your own contracts, use public templates, or use already existing agreements, all of which can be edited until both parties agree to the terms. You make the terms. It’s that easy.

In their own words

“Agree2 lets you, your clients and partners to take back control of your agreements and contracts. Write it in your language and with words suitable to your business. Change it, haggle over it and finally accept it with the closest you will get to a friendly handshake on the web.”

Why it might be a killer

Agree2 takes agreements back to the handshake days. It simplifies things so that both parties know what they’re agreeing to without being scared or confused. It’ll save you money and time.

Some questions

Will users have qualms about creating legally binding agreements here? Will the agreements hold up in court? Will their be a lot of Agree2 abuse?

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PETA goes for shock and awe, COK aims for compassion, and IDA defends and protects. These are just a handful of animal rights groups who have pioneered the animal rights field. They’ve saved, rescued, fed, thrown paint at fur wearing socialites and fashionistas, and have brought light some of the most horrific animal cruelty videos known. Following in their footsteps is a new venture brought to you by the Germans behind GoPubMed, called Go3R. Go3R is a semantic search engine for alternative methods to animal experiments and testing. The name comes from the Three R’s Principle which posits the principle ways inhumanity can be removed: Replacement, Reduction, and Refinement. Enter a search term, and filter by various methods, including top categories, time and place. A slew of medical articles will populate and you have your choice of reading.

In their own words

“The project aims at developing a knowledge-based search engine for alternative methods to animal experiments in order to provide optimal search options for alternatives to animal experimentation. The first step consists of developing an ontology for the knowledge domain of alternative methods to animal experiments. Such an ontology represents a system of knowledge which permits logical deductions as a result of the numerous relationships between terms describing alternative methods it contains - in rough analogy to the possible connections between synapses in the brain.”

Why it might be a killer

Go3r provides a useable tool and is an interesting branch of the semantic web concept. It has a noble cause that may prove helpful in stopping animal testing. If anything, it provides a wealth of information regarding health and experiments.

Some questions

Is Go3R’s goal achievable? How will a semantic search engine help realize this goal? The articles provide interesting fodder, buy many are actually cover animal experiments. How will animal rights view it?

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PETA goes for shock and awe, COK aims for compassion, and IDA defends and protects. These are just a handful of animal rights groups who have pioneered the animal rights field. They’ve saved, rescued, fed, thrown paint at fur wearing socialites and fashionistas, and have brought light some of the most horrific animal cruelty videos known. Following in their footsteps is a new venture brought to you by the Germans behind GoPubMed, called Go3R. Go3R is a semantic search engine for alternative methods to animal experiments and testing. The name comes from the Three R’s Principle which posits the principle ways inhumanity can be removed: Replacement, Reduction, and Refinement. Enter a search term, and filter by various methods, including top categories, time and place. A slew of medical articles will populate and you have your choice of reading.

In their own words

“The project aims at developing a knowledge-based search engine for alternative methods to animal experiments in order to provide optimal search options for alternatives to animal experimentation. The first step consists of developing an ontology for the knowledge domain of alternative methods to animal experiments. Such an ontology represents a system of knowledge which permits logical deductions as a result of the numerous relationships between terms describing alternative methods it contains - in rough analogy to the possible connections between synapses in the brain.”

Why it might be a killer

Go3r provides a useable tool and is an interesting branch of the semantic web concept. It has a noble cause that may prove helpful in stopping animal testing. If anything, it provides a wealth of information regarding health and experiments.

Some questions

Is Go3R’s goal achievable? How will a semantic search engine help realize this goal? The articles provide interesting fodder, buy many are actually cover animal experiments. How will animal rights view it?

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Analysis-one stands to change the way you do business. Owning a business isn’t easy. A lot of sweat, blood, and tears goes into it. Perhaps, one of the more time-consuming and dreaded aspects of business ownership is bookkeeping. Even if you don’t own a business, finances are hard to keep track of. Remember Michael Jackson’s Vegas shopping sprees, anyone? Regardless of your wealth, spending is easy, keeping track of it, not so much. Analysis-one is a new web app tool that’ll help you turn your business into a cash cow. How? Analysis-one provides the analytical tools which you apply to your financial records. Tools include, financial scorecards, breakeven analysis, cash flow analysis and a lot more. They also have tools to analyze performance, goals, what if scenarios, business comparisons, and business valuation. You can try it out for free for the first 14 days.

In their own words

“analysis-one is an online tool for decision makers, providing quick, visual reports on your organization's health, weaknesses and value.”

Why it might be a killer

Analysis-one provides an incredibly useful tool to help business owners, accountants, financial advisors, managers and execs to pinpoint their strengths and weaknesses. It’ll help users have a gameplan and reach goals.

Some questions

Is there enough support provided for users? Will users be satisfied with the finished product? Is it easy to use without being a techie or very computer savvy?

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MobileBee.com delivers quality mobile phones, PDAs, laptops and other communication devices and accessories. Great activation deals from companies like T-mobile, Sprint or Helio and amazing cellular phones from Nokia, Motorola and Samsung and more. Mobilebee has established a separate website in Great Britain. It ships globally on selected products and presently oversees shipping depots spanning various countries across three continents. Mobilebee.com offers a unique, clean interface allowing site visitors to spruce up their mobile havings and set their mood to a particular device. Presented by Mobile experts (and geeks), MobileBee.com caters to its visitors by letting them control the website's offerings like price match requests. Mobilebee’s website delivers the right solutions at the right time and at the best price. Currently, the website’s product portfolio has more than 1,000 of the most popular mobile, camera and GPS devices of today and yesterday. And, unlike other mobile sites, MobileBee.com validates their expertise by offering laptops.

In their own words

“Mobilebee.com is constantly working to provide articles and reviews based on our audience's needs. The Mobilebee.com portal allows site visitors to see current mobile reviews, a list of the 10 bestsellers and the latest communication solutions that have been uploaded to the site. It also offers search methods to find practically all the accessories which are compatible with the current mobile phone.”

Why it might be a killer

Mobilebee.com is a leading e-commerce company, focused on providing its customers with a rewarding shopping experience and a broad selection of high-quality technology and entertainment retail goods at competitive prices. MobileBee.com is best known for its aggressive promotion of key value items and mail-in rebate offers. Since formation, Mobilebee has maintained its primary objective: to reign in its field. A combination of impeccable service, distinguished products and a personalized relationship with the global giants of the industry have ensured Mobilebee's position as a one-of-a-kind entity in the world of mobile communications. Mobilebee's staff members who strictly adhere to a company policy including 100% dedication and 100% commitment consistently meet challenges presented with an enthusiastic energy unrivaled in the field.

Some questions

Are they adding new mobiles everyday? Can anyone find the same phones than on the offline market?

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